A Fort Made of Books

I've been listening to a lot of audio-books lately, many of them narrated by British actors who can speak in an amazing range of dialect...

Have you ever noticed that in English, many words beginning with gr- describe a complaining vocalization or an irritable disposition? Wikti...

Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne Recommended Ages: 11+ You may have heard of the Tanglewood Music Festival in the Berkshire mount...

Cursor's Fury by Jim Butcher Recommended Ages: 14+ In this third book of the "Codex Alera" series, you finally find out wh...

Jack and Yani Love Harry Potter by Mary E. Twomey Recommended Ages: 14+ Here is a fun romantic novel about 20- and 30-somethings caught ...

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan Recommended Ages: 13+ The "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series is over, but the adventures o...

The Face in the Frost by John Bellairs Recommended Ages: 12+ John Bellairs (1938-91) specialized in writing spooky tales of the mysterio...